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10 Most Fuel Efficient Cars In US (2014)

Update Dec 5, 2013: It seems that the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S aren’t on this list because the EPA has created the list for 2014 models only and it doesn’t have 2014 model data for those. I’ll update this post (and) write a new announcement, when I see the list updated again. Of course, other electric cars also might make the cut once their 2014 fuel economy ratings are in.

The US EPA and DOE have released an updated list of the top 10 most fuel efficient cars on the US auto market in 2014. This year, the Chevy Spark EV, which has gotten some very positive reviews (especially for its zippiness) tops the list. Of course, this isn’t simply supposed to be a list of the most fuel efficient electric cars (…er, most electricity efficient?), but that’s what it has ended up becoming. All 10 vehicles below are plug-in vehicles. The first 7 are 100% electric vehicles, while the remaining 3 are plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Unfortunately, those top 3 most fuel efficient cars are sold in just a few markets, and aren’t even being manufactured in high enough numbers to meet demand. When are these manufacturers going to step up and at least start producing enough for the people who want them?

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98 MPGe is for the battery mode and the 37 MPG is for the gas mode, while 62 MPG is the ‘avg’

BigWu

The Tesla S is curiously absent from this government list. The 60 kWh and 80 kWh are rated at 95 and 89 MPGe respectively, so they should rank #6. The Fusion and Prius PHEVs should, accordingly, not even be in the top-10.

http://zacharyshahan.com/ Zachary Shahan

idk, i’m confused now.

http://zacharyshahan.com/ Zachary Shahan

Update: Is just for 2014 models.

Marion Meads

I can only see 8 cars in the list above, what happened? It is supposed to be 10. Maybe truncated by wrong table format?

http://zacharyshahan.com/ Zachary Shahan

There are 10, but there are 2 at #4 and 2 at #8 and they don’t adjust accordingly.

Marion Meads

Ok, so there were ties? but they should be numbered in the middle, ie, 4.5, 4.5 and the last two at 9.5,9.5 rank.

Bob_Wallace

Doubling up on one number and then skipping is fairly common. These sort of lists are only ordinal, not interval or ratio.

Marion Meads

So as per your rule of skipping, the last two should be numbered 9 instead of 8, because we skipped 5 and used 4 for both cars, that brings the next one to 6 then 7, 8,9 instead of starting with 5, so the last one is 9 for two cars that are tied, if your rule is to be followed.

Bob_Wallace

Is this actually a productive use of your time, Marion?

Marion Meads

I love mathematics and statistics and wouldn’t pass the opportunity.

http://zacharyshahan.com/ Zachary Shahan

not my list. but apparently not that uncommon of a method.

anderlan

This ain’t even resembling right. Strictly by the MPGe numbers the Model S fits above the RAV4 and the LEAF fits above the smart. There was some sort of hybrid quota that had to be met or something.

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